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CIA
EDWARDS, SHEFFIELD
DIRECTOR, FBI

04/09/1963
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PPJM, RECRUITMENT, AMERICAN CODE CLERK A/O
DIPLOMAT IN MOSCOW, KGB

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
Secret

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Redact

09/22/1998

APPROVAL OF CIA

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; . Nina anc evens. do a lot of entertaining
fbut he had never attended-any of their parties. . Subject stated that he

[wens not trust Nina Stevens as far as he could-throw an elephant. . Subject
stated that he had no. proof but believed Nina to: bea Soviet informant.

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Subject advised that Aline (Ssby was a newspdperwoman in:

. Schapiro's office. Mosby, during the past year, had been.in.the hospital
on several occasions .and.one didn! t_ see too ‘much’ of her. - Subject also

_ advised that: Mosby stuck, mostly to the, foreign circuit rather than. the
Embassy circuit. . Subject stated.that one of the reasons Mosby was in
the hospital on. one. occasion. was the fact, that she had an abortion, accord=

ing to gossip.

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i oe get stated that ancther. newspaperwoman in Moscow was |
; | riscilé fohnson. . Subject advised that Johnson had the reputation.of |

being a. fairly. good. reporter and one whom the Soviets’ kept on a month
te month: visa basis. Subject indicated that it was. highly possible the \
Soviets had attempted to recruit. Johnson. as she spent a lot. of time with

Soviet nationals.

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- Subject was queried. as to whether he had ever made an unauthorized

dis: closure of classified information. in. the. Soviet. Union, to which he replied
' that he had not disclosed classified information as, such. .He ‘stated that his

cover, which he. had used for the period in. ‘betwedn[State. Department {S)

assignments, was that he. was a/consultant. of the AEC, particularly to:

the Joint Atomic ‘Energy: Intelligéfice: Gommitteé, ¢ posed of AEG, CIA,
State, NSA, Joint Chiefs, and the Armed Services, Subject stated that

he had indicated to individuals,. when. que stioned, that he had done economic

research and, analysis: in the Soviet field. and t he had done this. ever

since he had first bécome a(State Department mployee. Subject stated

that among others he. had discussed this with/ Ray: Hutchins, hi's counter-

part. in the British Embassy.]6) ‘

. Subject was asked. for his itinerary on his return. trip to the United
States... ‘Subject stated that he had long planned to come home via. the Far
East.and it was a well publicized plan. He stated that when he left Moscow
he. stayed ever in. ‘Delhi. for a-week to: see if there were any objections: from
Headquarters as to his itinerary. ‘He: stated .that when hé. received no in-
structions to the contrary, he returned to the United States via his ‘previously

. announced plans and the differences. in fares. being borne by him.

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